Training Course: COSHH Assesment & Management

Training Course Summary:

10.00am Hazardous substances
The scale of the problem
Types of injury and ill-health
Routes of entry to the body
Principles of protection

10.30am The Law
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regs.2002

10.45am Short Film – COSHH management in various industries

11.00am Coffee Break

11.10am Risk Assessment
General Principles
Who is ‘Competent’ to be an Assessor?

11.25am Elements of a COSHH Assessment

Identification of hazardous substances in the workplace.
Understanding the hazard - Sources of information
Who is at risk?
Quantifying risk – severity & likelihood
Possible control measures- hierarchy of eleven options
Consultation – Legal requirement & practical value
Recording the Assessment – suitable forms
Informing the workforce
Monitoring effectiveness of the COSHH Assessment
Reviewing the assessment
11.55am Stretch break

12.00pm Practical COSHH Assessment
Taking a substance currently in use at the client’s workplace, to work through each stage of the COSHH Assessment process and record the findings on appropriate forms, to arrive at a completed COSHH assessment.

12.45pm Lunch

1.30pm Practical COSHH Assessment
Repeat the process for a substance occurring as a waste
product in the workplace

2.20pm Stretch Break

2.25pm Turning Words into Practice

Communicating the COSHH Assessment to the workforce
Information
Instruction & Training
Supervision
Achieving wider ownership of safety issues
Accident reporting & ‘near misses’

2.50pm Summary and any remaining questions

3.00pm Conclusion